Pocketbook or the like



.C. J. DAVIS.

ETBOOK 0R THE LIKE.

APPLICATION man MAY 22, 1920.

Patented Jan. 24, 1922,

.1111111111 U1 1.11111 I l UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

COLEMAN J". DAVIS, OF HARDINSBURG, KENTUCKY.

IOCKETBOOK OR THE LIKE.

T all "LU/wm t may concern.'

Be it known that I, COLEMAN J. Davis, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hardinsburg, in the county of Breckinridge and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Pocketbook or the like, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to pocket books, wallets, side cases and the like, one of its objects being to provide a simple form of foldable structure which, when placed in the pocket, will not accidentally Afall therefrom and cannot be removed ordinarily without knowledge of the person carrying it.

Another object is to provide simple and ethcient means which can be applied readily to the pocket book and which will frictionally engage the opposed walls of the pocket so as to prevent accidental loss.

lilith the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter de scribed and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope of what is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the Y invention shown can be made without de parting from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the pre ferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings Figure l is an elevation of a pocket book or bill fold opened out with parts broken away and showing the holding attachment.

Figure 2 is an elevation of the device folded.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference l designates a bill fold, pocket book or the like of any desired construction and secured to one face thereof is a covering 2 forming a pocket or recess 3 in which is seated a spring wire bent to form an intermediate eye e and diverging arms 5. These arms project through the sides of the pocket book close to the fold and terminate in inwardly extending fingers 6 which are slidable between two thicknesses of the structure of the pocket book, as clearly indicated in Figure 1. The spring wire may be secured in the pocket book in any desired manner as by stitching, it being only necessary to allow the arms 5 sutlicient freedom of movement to permit the projecting corners Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 24, 1922.

1920. Serial No. 383,466.

7 to be shifted inwardly to position practically in line with the sides of the pocket book.

It will be understood that when the device is inserted into a pocket the inclined projecting portions of the arms 5 will'be deflected inwardly by the walls of the pocket and that the corner portions 7 will subsequently bear firmly against the opposed walls of the pocket so that the device cannot be removed accidentally. then it is desired to remove the structure it is merely necessary to pull upon the bill fold or pocket book with suiiicient pressure to deflect the corners T inwardly or, if preferred, the fingers can be placed against said corners so that they will be pushed toward each other. rlhe structure is advantageous because it is inconspicuous and does not require any material change in the construction of a bill fold or pocket book, it merely being necessary to add a thickness of material to the structure to provide a casing in which the spring can be mounted.

That is claimed is:

A pocket book or the like having an intermediate fold, an extra thickness of material secured to said pocket book and forming a casing. a spring wire having a central core and diverging arms, said coil and arms being seated within the casing, the outward movement of the arms at their free ends being limited by the stitched edges of the thicknesses of the pocket book, inwardly extending ngers upon the end portions of the arm and having their terminals housed at all times between the thicknesses of the pocket book, said arms and lingers coperating to form corners for engaging a pocket in which the pocket book is seated, there being converging rows of stitches through the thickness of the pocket book for limiting the inward movement of the arms toward t ch other, said arms being shiftable toward said rows of stitches to disengage the corners of the arms from the pocket in which the pocket book is mounted.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

` COLEMAN J. DAVIS.

lVitnesses REGINA HOBEN, RUTH KINGHELOI. 

